Hertfordshire References 1990-2003
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Publications about Hertfordshire Natural History, 1990 to 2008. This list of articles and reports has been compiled by Stuart Warrington (Editor of the Herts Naturalist) and it includes published articles that make reference to the natural history of Hertfordshire. In many cases, one or more of the field sites were in the County. These publications are in addition to those in the Transactions of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society. Aldridge, M.C. (1998) Volucella zonaria (Dipt: Syrphidae) - a recent northwards extension of range into Hertfordshire. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 134: 292. Allen-Williams, L.J., Downes, S., James, T.J. & Warrington, S. (1999) The creation of species- rich calcareous grassland by seed on a road verge in Hertfordshire. Journal of Practical Ecology and Conservation 3: 23-31. [greater diversity on the bare chalk rather than where topsoil had been spread, the field site was near Redbourn, Herts. Research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Anon (1991) Rothamsted Experimental Station Guide to the Classical Experiments. Lawes Agricultural Trust, Harpenden, Herts. 31 pp. Attewell, PJ (2004). Lasius brunneus (Latr.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): house ant, hero and coward. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 17: 24. [this note mainly refers to records and observations from Herts.] Austin, J.P. (1995) Hatfield Great Wood and its enclosure. Hertfordshire’s Past 38: 2-7. Austin, J.P. (2001) Traditional woodland management: The woods of the Manor of Digswell 1776-1843. Hertfordshire’s Past 51: 2-12. Baldock, D. (2004) Wildlife reports: Bees, wasps and ants. British Wildlife 16: 60 – 62 [notes a 2003 record of the bumblebee Bombus hypnorum from Rothamsted, Herts, a species new to Britain] Barclay, M. V. L. (2003) A record of Uloma culinaris (Linnaeus) (Col.: Tenebrionidae) from the British Isles, with a discussion of its European biology. Entomologist’s Record & Journal of Variation 115: 181 - 186. [an interesting paper on this beetle which is known in Britain only from specimens collected in two areas, the first of them being Bushey Hall near Watford] Baxter, I.L. (2002) Occipital perforations in a late Neolithic probable aurochs (Bos rimigenius Bojanus) cranium from Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12: 142-3. [a cranium from a late Neolithic archaeological site at Letchworth, Herts] Bennion, H. (1994) A diatom-phosphorus transfer function for shallow eutrophic ponds in southeast England. Hydrobiologia 276: 391-410. [one field site was Marsworth Reservoir, Herts] Betts, R. T. & Boreham, S. (2004) Evidence For A New Hoxnian Interglacial Site at School Field, Tednambury, Hertfordshire. Quaternary Newsletter 104: 2-11 Boreham S. & Gibbard, P.L. (1995) Middle Pleistocene Hoxnian Stage interglacial deposits at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 106: 259-270. Bryant, S., Perry, B. and Williamson, T (2005) A Relict Landscape in South East Hertfordshire: archaeological and topographic investigations in the Wormley Woods area. Landscape History 27: Bull, I.D., Van Bergen, P.F., Poulton, P.R. & Evershed, R.P. (1998) Organic geochemical studies of soils from the Rothamsted Classical Experiments – II. Soils from the Hoosfield spring barley experiment treated with different quantities of manure. Organic Geochemistry 28: 11-16. [analyses of soils from experiments at Rothamsted, Harpenden, Herts] Carreck, N.L. & Williams, I.H. (1997) Observations on two commercial flower mixtures as food sources for beneficial insects in the UK. Journal of Agricultural Science 128: 397-403. [observations were made in Herts of the flowering phenology & attractiveness to beneficial insects, research by Rothamsted staff] Chapman, N., Harris, S. & Stanford, A. (1994) Reeves Muntjac in Britain: their history, spread, habitat selection & the role of human intervention. III. Accelerating their dispersal. Mammal Review 24: 113-160. [discussion of the population at Tring, Herts] Clarke, M. (2001) Mammals, Amphibians and Reptiles of Hertfordshire. HNHS & Training Publications, Watford. Copp, G.H., Warrington, S. & de Bruine, Q. (1994) Comparison of diet in stone loach Barbatula barbatula (L.) and bullhead Cottus gobio (L.) in a small stream. Folia Zoologica 43: 171-176 [the field site was a Herts stream, research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Copp, G.H. & Bennetts, T.A. (1996) Short-term effects of removing riparian and instream cover on barbel (Barbus barbus) and other fish populations in a stretch of English chalk stream. Folia Zoologica 45: 283–288. [the field site was the River Lee in Herts, research carried out by the University of Hertfordshire] Copp, G.H., Edmonds-Brown, V.R. & Cottey, R. (1998) Behavioural interactions and microhabitat use of stream-dwelling sticklebacks Gasterosteus aculateus and Pungitius pungitius in the laboratory and field. Folia Zoolologica 47: 275-286. [the field site was a Herts stream, research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Copp, G.H., Faulkner, H., Doherty, S., Watkins, M. S. & Majerki, J. (2002) Diel drift behaviour of fish eggs and larvae, in particular barbel, Barbus barbus (L.), in an English Chalk Stream. Fisheries Management and Ecology 9: 93-103. [the field site was the River Lee in Herts, research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Copp, G.H. & Roche, K. (2003) Range and diet of Eurasian otters Lutra lutra (L.) in the catchment of the River Lee (south-east England) since re-introduction. Aquatic Conservation 13: 65-76. [review of the otters in Herts, using a variety of sources of information] Copp, G.H. & Kovác, V. (2003) Sympatry between three-spine Gasterosteus aculeatus and nine- spine Pungitius pungitius sticklebacks in English lowland streams. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40: 341-355. [study sites are Rivers Hiz, Oughton, Ashbrook in Herts, research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Copp, G.H., Wesley, K., Kovác, V., Ives, M. & Carter, M.G. (2003) Introduction and establishment of the pikeperch Stizostedion lucioperca (L.) in Stanborough Lake (Hertfordshire) and its dispersal in the Thames catchment. The London Naturalist 82: 139-153. [research carried out at the Univ. Herts and the Environment Agency] Copp, G.H. (2004) Behaviour of young and small fishes in the River Lee (Hertfordshire) over a twenty-four-hour cycle in mid-summer. The London Naturalist 83: 87 – 95 [sample site was a natural section of the River Lee at Woolmer’s Park, west of Hertford, which was investigated in August 1996. More fish occurred in the mid-channel at night, of minnow, gudgeon, stone loach, chub, bullhead, barbel and three-spined stickleback] Copp, G.H., Spathari, S. & Turmel, M. (2005) Consistency of diel behaviour and interactions of stream fishes and invertebrates during summer. River Research and Applications 21: 75 – 90 [field site was a natural, unmodified section of the River Lee at Woolmer’s Park, west of Hertford] Copp, G.H. (2005) Behaviour of young and small fishes in the River Lee over a 24-h cycle in mid-summer. The London Naturalist 83: 87-95. Copp, G.H., Cerny, J. & Kovác, V. (2008) Growth and morphology of an endangered native freshwater fish, crucian carp Carassius carassius, in an English ornamental pond. Aquatic Conserv:ation: Marine & Freshwater Ecosystems 18: 32–43 [study pond was Bayfordbury Lake, near Hertford] Copp, G.H., Warrington, S. & Wesley, K.J. (2008) Management of an ornamental pond as a conservation site for a threatened native fish species, crucian carp Carassius carassius. Hydrobiologia 597: 149–155 [study pond was Bayfordbury Lake, near Hertford] Crispin, M.J. & Warrington, S. (1997) Aspects of the population ecology of Zygaena filipendulae (L.)(Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae). Entomologist's Gazette 48: 97-105. [the field site was Bayfordbury, Herts, research carried out at the Univ. Herts] Denton, J. (2003) Belated records of Lebia cyanocephela (Linnaeus)(Carabidae) in Hertfordshire. The Coleopterist 12: 56 [Specimens taken in 1942-43 near Watford are in Natural History Museum, London] Dodd, M.E., Silvertown, J., McConway, K., Potts, J. & Crawley, M.J. (1995) Community stability: a 60 year record of trends and outbreaks of species in the Park Grass experiment. Journal of Ecology 83: 277-285. [60 year flora survey, on 7 of the Park Grass experimental plots, Rothamsted, Herts] Downs, P.W. & Kondolf, G.M. (2002) Post-project appraisals in adaptive management of river channel restoration. Environmental Management 29: 477-496. [one study site was at Kitswell Brook, Hertfordshire] Duff, J.P. & Thompson, V. (2003) Chalkhill blue on Therfield Heath, Hertfordshire. British Wildlife 14: 180-185. Edmonds-Brown, V.R., Copp, G.H. & Majecki, J. (2004) Diel patterns of drift by macroinvertebrates in the River Lee (Hertfordshire) during low discharge. The London Naturalist 83: 145 – 157 [field site was a natural section of the River Lee at Woolmer’s Park, west of Hertford] Evans, D.M. & Warrington, S. (1997) The effects of recreational disturbance on wintering waterbirds on a mature gravel pit lake near London. International Journal of Environmental Studies 53: 167-182 [the field site was Stocker's Lake, Herts, research carried out by the University of Hertfordshire] Everett, C.M. (2000) Lasius brunneus (Latr.) (Hym.: Formicidae) in Hertfordshire ands its occurrence on Norway spruce Picea abies. Entomologist's Record & Journal of Variation 112: 84 Everett, C.M. (2001) Voltinism of Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa (L.) (Lep.: Arctiidae) and other macro-moths in the Watford district, Hertfordshire. Entomologist’s